Fordham Law alum and adjunct professor Michael Blackshear ’99 has recently joined Ryan Specialty Group as the company’s senior vice president and global chief compliance officer. Blackshear was honored by the Black Law Student Association with the Ruth Whitehead Whaley Award for his work in compliance.
Michael Blackshear has joined Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) as a senior vice president and global chief compliance officer. He is based in the company’s Chicago headquarters.
Blackshear joins RSG with over 27 years of financial service and executive experience in compliance and risk management. His previous position was with Chubb Insurance Group, where he served as the North America chief compliance officer, developing and maintaining its North American compliance program. Blackshear was responsible for Chubb’s North American compliance framework integration and transformation during the ACE/Chubb merger.
Prior to Chubb, Blackshear held various leadership roles with Marsh & McLennan Cos., focusing on compliance and government affairs. Before joining Marsh, he held compliance and risk management-oriented advisory roles for both KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He began his insurance career as an underwriter for Continental Insurance Co. and then as a casualty broker with the insurance brokerage firm, Alexander & Alexander.